Despite an offence that was shaky, Laval had a decent showing in the second quarter of the season, in large part thanks to the back end which gets the focus to start our next round of report cards.
The injury bug hit Laval hard once again but the Rocket did well to persevere and pick up an impressive five of six points on the week.
Following a strong stretch at home, Laval travelled to Manitoba for a pair of games and they were able to manage a split against the Moose.
Despite a growing list of injuries, the Rocket had a strong week, picking up five of a possible six points to move out of the basement in the North Division.
Some strong performances at the World Juniors highlight Montreal’s top prospect performers for the month of December.
Laval had quite a strong week offensively but they weren’t able to get the results they were looking for as they picked up just three of six points despite averaging four goals per game.
As part of our prospect rankings series, we asked our readers to vote for their top-10 prospects. The ballots have been cast and today we bring you the results. There are some differences between the fan vote and our own rankings; as three players that our readers put in their top-10 failed to crack ours.
The 2019 World Juniors have come and gone and many of Montreal’s seven participating prospects had strong showings in the tournament. Here is how each player fared.
Laval’s offensive woes struck again as they weren’t able to take advantage of a depleted Marlies back end and they wound up splitting their pair of games as a result.
Montreal’s 2018 draft class was perceived as a strong one so it’s no surprise that three of their selections find themselves just missing out on a top ten spot in our prospect rankings.